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. 2013 Oct 12;10:115. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-115

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants

 
 
New Zealand
Fiji
Tonga
Australia
    Pacific Maori Asian European Indigenous Fijian Fijian Indian Tongan Australian
N
 
830
370
138
239
612
833
1019
1673
Sex
Male
405 (48.8)
161 (43.5)
64 (46.4)
119 (49.8)
271 (44.3)
388 (46.6)
471 (46.2)
1006 (60.1)
Female
425 (51.2)
209 (56.5)
74 (53.6)
120 (50.2)
341 (55.7)
445 (53.4)
548 (53.8)
667 (39.9)
TV watching
<1 hour/day
252 (30.4)
97 (26.2)
26 (18.8)
88 (36.8)
224 (37.3)
205 (26.3)
579 (56.8)
698 (41.7)
1-2 hours/day
241 (29.0)
120 (32.4)
51 (37.0)
66 (27.6)
196 (32.7)
272 (34.8)
268 (26.3)
562 (33.6)
>2 hours/day
337 (40.6)
153 (41.4)
61 (44.2)
85 (35.6)
180 (30.0)
304 (38.9)
172 (16.9)
413 (24.7)
Soft drink consumption
0 cans/day
119 (15.5)
73 (21.0)
39 (29.1)
98 (42.1)
154 (25.2)
173 (20.8)
325 (31.9)
904 (54.0)
>0-2 cans/day
508 (66.0)
216 (62.1)
79 (59.0)
117 (50.2)
373 (61.1)
537 (64.5)
562 (55.2)
703 (42.0)
>2 cans/day
143 (18.6)
59 (17.0)
16 (11.9)
18 (7.7)
84 (13.8)
122 (14.7)
132 (13.0)
66 (4.0)
Breakfast consumption
0-2 days
271 (36.1)
128 (38.1)
37 (30.3)
54 (24.6)
129 (21.1)
117 (14.1)
163 (16.0)
190 (11.4)
3-4 days
248 (33.1)
101 (30.1)
22 (18.0)
49 (22.3)
113 (18.5)
115 (13.9)
337 (33.1)
240 (14.4)
5 days
231 (30.8)
107 (31.9)
63 (51.6)
117 (53.2)
370 (60.5)
597 (72.0)
519 (50.9)
1243 (74.3)
After-school physical activity
0-1 days
199 (24.0)
101 (27.3)
63 (45.7)
97 (40.6)
165 (27.5)
222 (28.1)
362 (35.5)
361 (21.6)
2-3 days
294 (35.4)
141 (38.1)
47 (34.1)
77 (32.2)
202 (33.7)
264 (33.4)
329 (32.3)
747 (44.7)
4-5 days
337 (40.6)
128 (34.6)
28 (20.3)
65 (27.2)
233 (38.8)
305 (38.6)
328 (32.2)
565 (33.8)
Age (years)
 
15.0 ± 1.5
14.8 ± 1.4
15.3 ± 1.6
15.4 ± 1.5
15.5 ± 1.3
15.4 ± 1.2
15.1 ± 2.0
14.6 ± 1.4
BMI (kg/m2)
 
25.1 ± 4.8
24.0 ± 4.9
20.4 ± 2.9
21.6 ± 3.5
21.7 ± 2.6
18.9 ± 2.8
22.4 ± 3.3
20.7 ± 2.8
BMIz
 
1.37 ± 0.94
1.08 ± 1.06
0.00 ± 1.00
0.37 ± 0.94
0.40 ± 0.72
-0.67 ± 1.06
0.71 ± 0.77
0.30 ± 0.86
%BF
 
30.4 ± 10.9
29.6 ± 11.9
21.7 ± 9.6
24.7 ± 10.6
20.4 ± 8.7
22.4 ± 8.5
22.5 ± 9.6
26.2 ± 7.9
TFM (kg)   22.9 ± 13.0 21.5 ± 13.6 12.2 ± 7.1 15.7 ± 9.6 12.3 ± 6.3 11.2 ± 5.7 14.1 ± 7.7 15.0 ± 6.2

BMI = Body mass index; BMIz = BMI z-score; %BF = Percent body fat; TFM = Total fat mass; Values are sample size (column %) or mean ± standard deviation.